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Pope competition update | Andrew Brown Guardian [Andrew Brown] 2 hours ago
Comments are closed on this blog post -- you'll have to send the competition entries to me; but now that this has been stipulated, the Pope supporters are all coming out . . . .

Anne Rice 'quits being a Christian' | Alison Flood Guardian [Alison Flood] 2 hours ago
Twelve years after she converted to Christianity from atheism, bestselling author Anne Rice has "quit being a Christian" because of the religion 's attitude to . . . .

Future of Trident in doubt as ministers row over budget Ekklesia - 3 hours ago
The Ministry of Defence (MoD) must pay the entire cost of renewing the Trident nuclear weapons system, the government has confirmed today (30 July). The decision . . . .

Oops, we forgot Jesus's women | Stephen Tomkins Guardian [Stephen Tomkins] 4 hours ago
Was it a hilarious howler or does he simply not like women? The pope's new children's book, The Friends of Jesus , tells the stories of 14 of Jesus's closest friends, . . . .

Follow Wales's lead on organ donation | Carl Packman Guardian [Carl Packman] 4 hours ago
The argument about organ donation and whether it is ethical to "presume consent" is not a new one, but its relevance has returned since Wales recently made steps . . . .

What I told David: Democracy and the crisis of representation Ekklesia [Graeme Smith] 5 hours ago
When I got home last night there was a message on my answer-phone from David Miliband. He wanted to know what I thought were the main problems facing British politics. . . . .

Church calls for inquiry into British Army massacre Total Catholic - 5 hours ago
The Church in Ireland has backed calls for an independent inquiry into the killing of 11 people by British Army troops in Ballymurphy in West Belfast almost 40 years . . . .

Miracle cure deacon to serve at Newman beatification Mass Total Catholic - 5 hours ago
Deacon Jack Sullivan, who was inexplicably healed from a crippling spinal condition after praying through the intercession of Cardinal John Henry Newman, will read the . . . .

New website explores the relationship of religion and film Ekklesia - 6 hours ago
Interfilm North America, part of a global network which looks at the relationship between spirituality and modern movies, has launched its new website. The site had . . . .

Catholic child protection chief wants Vatican action to go further Ekklesia - 6 hours ago
The chair of the National Catholic Safeguarding Commission (NCSC) has said the Vatican should remove the statute of limitations on the prosecution of priests for child . . . .

Army shootings report is released BBC - 10 hours ago
Previously undisclosed documents on 11 people killed by the Army almost 39 years ago are to be released later. A Catholic priest and a mother-of-eight were among those . . . .

Dr Harvey Hawley Crippen: notorious killer's family 'in new exhumation fight' Telegraph [Andrew Hough] 15 hours ago
Dr Crippen was hanged in 1910 for the murder of Cora his Roman Catholic wife. He was arrested as he tried to flee the UK for America with his mistress Ethel Le . . . .

360 weddings – and a prison sentence? Independent [Jerome Taylor] 16 hours ago
With its imposing red brick walls, gently sloping grounds and long wooden knave, the church of St Peter and St Paul in St Leonards-on-Sea is as pretty place as . . . .

Vicar convicted of conducting hundreds of fake weddings at local parish church Guardian [Caroline Davies, Patrick Barkham] 20 hours ago
The brides' outfits were borrowed, the bouquets garage-bought. Happy couples beamed for the camera, then minutes later went their separate ways. It was the same scene, . . . .

The bare bones of belief | Hywel Williams Guardian [Hywel Williams] 21 hours ago
What's the best way of establishing contact with the past? Reading all about it is just one answer, since the visuals matter, too. A walk in Picardy may explain the . . . .

Catholic church backs call for inquiry into Ballymurphy massacre Guardian - 22 hours ago
The Catholic church today backed calls for an independent inquiry into the British army killings of 11 people in west Belfast almost 40 years ago. The Bishop of Down . . . .

Protecting child 'witches' in Africa | Joachim Theis Guardian [Joachim Theis] 23 hours ago
Beliefs in witchcraft and other occult forces are widespread in Africa, as they are in many other parts of the world. Animist beliefs consider death, disease, crop . . . .

Vicar convicted over hundreds of fake marriages at East Sussex parish church Guardian [Caroline Davies, Patrick Barkham] 1 day ago
A vicar has been convicted of conducting hundreds of fake marriage ceremonies at his East Sussex church to enable illegal African immigrants to gain residency in . . . .

Vicar guilty of conducting 360 sham marriages for illegal immigrants Daily Mail - 1 day ago
Guilty: Reverend Alex Brown and Vladymyr Buchak arrive at court. The pair were today found guilty of arranging 360 sham marriages, most between Eastern Europeans and . . . .

Sham marriages on 'unprecedented scale' Independent [Tom Pugh] 1 day ago
The scale of the sham marriages was on an unprecedented scale involving "classic exploitation" of foreign nationals desperate to stay in the UK, . . . .

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